Apple M2 Max~50 tok/s (Q4)

Qwen/Qwen2-1.5B-Instruct speed on Apple M2 Max

Quantization-specific throughput and VRAM requirements for Qwen/Qwen2-1.5B-Instruct running on Apple M2 Max.

Speed Snapshot

Topline estimate from compatibility data

ModelQwen/Qwen2-1.5B-Instruct

GPUApple M2 Max

Q4 speed50 tok/s

Q4 VRAM required3GB

Data Source

Calculation and benchmark status

Speed values come from the compatibility dataset (`estimatedTokensPerSec`) and are sorted by quantization.

For full verdict logic and alternate GPUs, see the canonical compatibility page.

Quantization Speed Table

Quantization	VRAM needed	VRAM available	Speed	Verdict
Q4	3GB	96GB	50 tok/s	✅ Fits
Q8	5GB	96GB	40 tok/s	✅ Fits
FP16	11GB	96GB	21 tok/s	✅ Fits